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assessment phase involves evaluating the effectiveness of the response. “The results of assessment may be used to revise the response, collect more data, or even redefine the problem” (Ikerd, 2010). The POP style is proven effective. An example is the Newport News project. This project focused on recurring burglaries in low-income housing units. The departments analyzed crime patterns in the area and conducted opinion surveys. The results yielded that neglected buildings in the area presented a…

present during the Columbine shooting, also spoken on the songs behalf on how being able to play a song to discuss the topic felt amazing because they were reaching out to listeners about something so important. Those who banned this song after the Newport shooting could actually be harming their cause instead of helping it because the purpose of the song was to raise awareness about the possibility of what had taken place that fateful day. Shutting down the voice of those singers who just…

Deep Work by Cal Newport is a self-help book that shows “ rules for focused success in a distracted world.” The first half of the book Cal emphasizes the importance of what he calls deep work to the current job market and to the lives of those white collar John and Jane’s of the world, that let work take over their lives. The second half is used for providing tools to help get to the deep workflow, and minimize those distractions of your everyday life. In order to propel one to new limits and…

2.3 Syntax The Critical Period Hypothesis for syntax, refer to the idea that the ability to acquire language is related to aging and there is an ideal period of time to attain a language, after which is no longer possible. Existing work on the acquisition of syntax has focused primarily on the striking commonalities found across children (cf. Brown, 1973; De Villiers & De Villiers, 1978). Normal children progress through a predictable sequence of stages and master the basic syntactic…

Ella Jane Fitzgerald born April 25, 1917 in Newport News, Virginia. Her father and mother, Temperance (Tempie), split shortly after she was born. Tempie and Ella moved in with Tempie’s boyfriend Joseph Da Silva in New York. Her half-sister (Frances) was born 1923. They didn’t have a lot of money to support the family; Joe held two jobs, Tempie worked two jobs, and even Ella took a job as a runner for gamblers. In 1932, Tempie passed away from injuries sustained in a car accident, Ella was…

Smoking cigarettes have been a growing trend among people of all ages for the past couple of decades. Before extensive research was done regarding cigarettes and their effects on health many did not understand the negative effects that come with smoking. Today, people are well aware of what it does to your body but somehow this damaging drug is still sold to the general public. The production and sale of cigarettes should be made illegal because cigarette companies target youth, cigarettes are…

Phillis Wheatley Informative Essay Can you imagine George Washington the first president of The United States of America inviting you to his headquarter, due to your success? That was the case for a young woman named Phillis Wheatley. She was captured and sold as a slave at a very young age, however, she overcame her rough life and became the first African American woman to publish a book. Phillis Wheatley positively impacted American society by, being a successful young poet, that used her…

Infectious Ideas: U.S. Political Responses to the AIDS Crisis. By Jennifer Brier. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009. 289 pp. $39.95) In Infectious Ideas, Jennifer Brier effectively argues that the AIDS epidemic had a deep effect on the American political landscape. Viewing modern history from the perspective of the AIDS crisis, she provides new understandings of the complex political and social trends of the 1980s era. She sets the tone for the book in her first paragraph…

The founder of Walmart is Sam Walton. He started off in the retail business with JC Penny’s in 1940. In 1945, he was offered a variety store called Ben Franklin in Newport, Arkansas. When the lease came up, the lease was not renewed. He then opened up a Walton’s Five and Dime store. Sam was very successful at selling high volume and low cost merchandise. His strategy was to have “The lowest Prices Anytime, Anywhere.” (Our History, 2016) The store is now a Walmart museum. In 1962, the…

Although there are a myriad of famous Arkansans to select from, Mary Steenburgen is my preferred actress, so this paper researches the non being of Mary Nell Steenburgen. On February 8, 1953 in Newport, Arkansas an actress was born. A beauteous, brunet haired woman from Arkansas was determined to take the stage from the start. Mary Steenburgen drilled for acting perfection since she was adolescent. An Oscar-winning actress, Mary Steenburgen, is well known for her amazing parts in Melvin and…